1. Dalmatian bitter wild cherry tree bearing fruit whose juice is made into maraschino liqueur
   "The marasca cherries were harvested to produce the traditional liqueur"; "The Prunus cerasus marasca cherries were harvested to produce the traditional liqueur";
   - marasca cherry, maraschino cherry, Prunus cerasus marasca
    
2. Small bitter fruit of the marasca cherry tree from whose juice maraschino liqueur is made
   "The distillery used carefully selected marasca cherries to produce their famous liqueur"

Derived forms: marascas

Type of: fruit, Prunus cerasus, sour cherry, sour cherry tree

Part of: maraschino, maraschino liqueur

Encyclopedia: Marasca